Metallic vehicle body



P. E. BRENEMAN METALLIC VEHICLE BODY June 23, 1925.

Filed Nov. 10.. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 23, 1925.

F.4 E. BRENEMAN METALLIC VEHICLE BODY Filed Nov. 1o. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PM E. rmma/m 51g Mul #lf/mm attomuf Patented .lune 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL E. BRENEMAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO C. R. WILSON BODY COM- PANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

METALLIC VEHICLE BODY.

Application led November 10, 1919. Serial No. 336,786.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, PAUL E. BRENEMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Vehicle Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vehicle bodies of that type employing metallic frames, and the invention consists in the novel features of construction as hereinafter set forth.

i In the drawings: b Igigure l is a bottom plan view of the Figure 2 is a cross-section thereof;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view partly in Section;

Figure 4 is a view showing the joint. con-J nection.

In the construction of metallic bodies for vehicles it is usual to provide a body frame, including sills at the base conforming to uprights extending upward -from said sills. The body is supported upon the chassis frame, but inasmuch as the contour of the body seldom conforms to that of the chassis, the sills of the former have only a limited contact with the sills of the latter. It is one of the features of the present invention to obtain a construction in which the sills of the body are superposed on the sills of the chassis throughout their length,`

thereby affording better support. Other features of the improvement will be referred to more specifically hereinafter.

As shown, A and A are the body sills,

which are spaced from each other to correspond to the spacing of the chassis sills. These sills A are formed of any suitable structural shape. but as shown are inverted channels A2 having foot flanges Aa projecting oppositely from the lower ends thereof.

B is the sheet metal body which is connected to the sills A and A' by bottom panels C, also formed of sheet metal, and extending outward from the 'sills and terminating at their outer edges with down-turned flanges D. These fianges Dare connected to the body sheets preferably by forming the latter with return-bent lower edges E, thereby forming a seam and a reinforcement.

Instead of forming the body B of a single integral section, it is preferably formed of a plurality of sections which are united to each other by the sills A and A. Thus as shown, the body is formed of three units F, F and F2 respectively arranged at the front, in the center and at the rear. Each unit has a cross bar G which rests upon the sills and carries the load of the body thereinto, said cross-bar also forming a support for the seat and the load carried thereby.

With the construction as thus far described, it will be observed that the sills A are adapted to rest upon the chassis sills H throughout their length and are connected thereto by any suitable means, such as the bolts I. These same bolts secure the bottom panels C to the sills A and thereby hold the several units infixed relation to each other. To support the units before they Vare mounted upon the sills, each is preferably provided with one or more members J riveted, spot-welded. or otherwise secured to the panels C and projecting downward a distance greater than the depth of the flanges D and E, so as to protect the edge of the unit from marring.

One of the principle advantages of metallic frame bodies is due to the fact that such bodies vmay be placed in enameling ovens and subiected to a temperature which would be iniurious to wooden frames. On the other hand, for trimming the body Wood is advantageous, because of permitting tacking. With my improved construction the body units, which are subiected to the finishing process when placed in the ovens, are formed entirely of metal. but in completing the structure wood fillers are employed where advantageous for finishing or reinforcement. Thus as shown, Kis a filler block which extends between the panels C and the door opening L. Also the Hoor between the sills is formed of wooden boards M. which are supported at their opposite ends, upon the foot flanges A. Where the unit sect-ions are mounted in relation to each other. it is desirable to form a flushed ioint. This I accomplish by turning inward the flanges N at the edges of each unit, which abut against each other and to hold these flanges from displacement the wooden inserts K are grooved, as indicated at O, to receive the Same.

The construction is one which is particularly adapted for quantity production at small expense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A metallic body for vehicles, comprising sills independent of the chassis frame arran ed to be directly superposed thereon, a boy shell of a contour diering from that of the sills, and. members projecting laterally from said sills for supporting the body shell.

2. A metallic vehicle body, comprising body sills arranged to register with the sills of the chassis frame, a body shell of a contour differing from that of said sills, and panels extending laterally outward from said sills and connected to the lower edge portion of said body shell.

` 3. A metallic vehicle body, comprising body sills arranged to register with the sills of the chassis, an over-hanging body shell differing in contour from that of the sills, a metallic panel extending between the sill and over-hanging body shell attached to the lower edge portion of the latter and forming a support therefor and a portion of the floor, and a compiementary floor extending between the sills.

4. A metallic vehicle body, comprising a sill for registering With the sill of the chassis, an over-hanging body shell, a metallio panel extending from said sill outward to said body shell and provided with a depending iange at its outer edge, to which said body is attached.

5. A metallic vehicle body, comprising a sill for registering with the sill of the chassis, an over-hanging body shell, a metallic panel extending outward from the top of the body sill'and provided at its outer end with a depending flange attached to said over-hanging body shell, and a member depending from said panel a greater distance than said depending flange forming a support for said body when detached from the chassis and protecting the outer lower edge from injury.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature.

PAUL E. BRENEMAN. 

